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  1. max silver
    Are you going to make the same claims about the Mets, Yankees, Phillies and Dodgers, all who spend more than the Blue Jays? The Blue Jays market size is comparable to those clubs, and aside from the Dodgers you can't exactly deny that those teams have largely been assembled by their ownership groups allowing their front offices to spend maximum money.
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    And conversely you'll go to extreme lengths to avoid giving even a shred of credit to the front office when it's deserved. It's obvious that you made up your mind a long time ago that nothing the front office accomplished could ever be good enough for you, and the tact of literally giving 100% of the credit to ownership is just more of this. This was most apparent when you went well put of your way to s*** all over the Santander signing and not allowing posters to simply be happy about a much needed infusion of thump. That's a massive wet blanket move that is nothing more than you refusing to give credit where credit is due for reasons that I can't really understand. The current front office hasn't been perfect by any means, but it's nothing more than sour grapes to refuse to acknowledge when they make effective moves. I think that ownership deserves credit for opening the pocketbook, and the front office deserves credit for infusing a ton of talent into the roster. The off-season wouldn't be effective without both sides concurrently contributing in their respective areas.
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    You haven't been here very long and as such you don't the posting history of certain individuals on the previous board prior to the move. This dude has done nothing but complain for the last few years including some really odd posts such as literally wanting to take a deuce on Ross Atkins face. I have no issues with discussing baseball opinions but I also expect opinions to be backed up with some sort of actual reasoning and not be exclusively filled with nothing but hyperbole and nonsense that's easily refuted with basic facts. That extends to you when you make silly statements about how the current front office is the worst in the history of Toronto sports. Make serious statements and you'll be taken seriously, make statements that belong in the Sportsnet comment section and you'll be treated accordingly.
  4. max silver
    It's maybe not quite an epic offseason yet, but it's getting awfully close. I'd already hand out an A- rating based on how much talent has already been infused into the roster.
  5. max silver
    Do you even like the Blue Jays? Even in the midst of an epic offseason you are still grousing and acting like a giant turd. I get the feeling you are incapable of being happy about the team no matter what they do.
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    I think the only reason the team even bothered using Moreno at any positions instead of catcher was due to having 3 MLB starter quality catchers on the roster, vs Moreno being some kind of actual super utility player candidate. He's yet to play a single inning at anywhere other than catcher since he debuted into a catching logjam situation.
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    Yeah Bo said publicly that he wants to remain with the Blue Jays long term. I think the hangup could actually be whether the front office wants to sign him to an extension vs Bo wanting to remain a Blue Jay based on his actual words.
  8. max silver
    How charitable of you. The team owner opens up the pocketbook to supplement his team and of course you are acting like it's a bad thing instead of giving him credit for finally spending like the big market team that the Blue Jays are.
  9. max silver
    There's a newer poster here that said Atkins was literally the worst GM in the history of Toronto sports.
  10. max silver
    I believe it was confirmed that it does count against the CBT ledger, although I saw this posted from a few twitter dudes I'm not terribly familiar with.
  11. max silver
    This would be one of those situations where any further additions to the payroll become far more expensive than the initial sticker price would suggest. As a hypothetical situation if Alonso were signed for a straight $28 million salary for the 2025 season, I assume the team would be taxed at 12% for the first $8 million up to the second tier of the luxury tax, at a total of approximately $1 million. The tax would ramp up to 42.5% for the remaining $20 million, adding another $8.5 million in tax dollars to the ledger. If my thinking is correct this would bring the total financial outlay to nearly $36.5 million after tax. I can only assume that deferrals would be utilized to bring the tax dollars down to a more reasonable level.
  12. max silver
    Yeah Moreno is super versatile. That's fully backed up by the whopping total of 9 innings he's played at positions other than catcher, all of which occurred in the 2022 season while still a Blue Jay.
  13. max silver
    Damn someone brought the receipts.
  14. max silver
    That seems a bit dramatic for a dude with a career 101 wRC+ who is coming off of shoulder surgery.
  15. max silver
    Not to mention Ohtani as well. Last offseason saw the likes of Chapman and Bellinger lingering on the market as spring training approached vs the likes of Santander and Alonso. I don't know if Atkins was particularly interested in Bellinger but it was apparent that Chapman was a top target all along.
  16. max silver
    Who says I was even specifically talking about the Blue Jays front office? MLB as a whole has stopped paying top dollars to one dimensional sluggers in recent offseasons, and this has even extended to the Cohen led Mets.
  17. max silver
    I'd wager that MLB front offices that are paid to build teams know more about the value of defensively limited sluggers than you do.
  18. max silver
    I think Giminez is potentially a better short stop defender than Kim but we don't have a lot of innings at the position to get a proper gauge. I believe a year at second base would potentially be a good thing for Kim as he works on rebuilding his throwing strength after shoulder surgery.
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    This dude has been a constant buzzkill for the entirety of the offseason. He can't even let us feel happy without trying to bring everyone down with a bunch of mopey comments.
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  21. max silver
    Now you are misrepresenting what I've actually said. It's not a bad thing to be happy that the team is being improved later in the offseason with a distinct possibility for further improvements. There's no need to be a giant sourpuss 24/7 on here.
  22. max silver
    Well Santander is basically paid like Morales was so if the deal goes south in later years it shouldn't be the end of the world.
  23. max silver
    You seem sad if you feel the need to poo poo on the Santander signing.
  24. max silver
    The overall meaning of the message is still close enough.
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